Beyond Hand Waving: Indices For Hymn Leading in Corporate Christian Worship

The paper examines the significance of the selection, planning, and factors that affect the leading and singing of hymns in corporate Christian worship. While myriads of scholarly literature abound on hymnology, through bibliographies and an in-depth library search, the paper seeks to discuss the guidelines that engender the leading of congregation hymns and methods required for a dynamic leading of hymns. The research findings reveal that in some Nigerian churches where there are no trained music ministers, many untrained song leaders merely stand before the congregation to announce the hymns for the congregation to sing without performing a leadership role. Others merely stand to wave a hand. Leading congregational hymns requires training and vivaciousness in skill application. The three major areas of focus include planning, leading, and congregational response to hymn singing. The paper concludes that planning and selection of hymns are both spiritual and intellectual exercises that involve basic knowledge of the rudiments of music. The research will help the church musicians and academics in further research into church music and congregational hymn singing. Keywords: Song Leader, Hymn, Hymnody, Worship, Corporate Christian Worship

Music and Hymnody

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199580187.013.34 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Barry Orford

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Church Of England ◽

The Reformation ◽

The Face ◽

Christian Worship ◽

Hymn Singing ◽

Although hymn singing has always been a feature of Christian worship, it was largely lost in the Church of England after the Reformation. It experienced a revival in the eighteenth century among Dissenters and Wesleyans, though the Church of England was slow to grasp the opportunity that hymns offered. The Tractarians understood the devotional and didactic value of hymns and they worked to restore hymns within Anglicanism. A number of Tractarians made original contributions in words and music, bringing to their verses an intellectual rigour that discouraged mere emotionalism. Above all, in the publication of Hymns Ancient & Modern they changed permanently the face of Anglican worship.

Etnisitas, teologi, dan musik dalam nyanyian gereja: sketsa awal studi etnoteomusikologi nyanyian Gereja Protestan Maluku

Kurios ◽

10.30995/kur.v7i1.259 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 81

Author(s):

Dewi Tika Lestari

Keyword(s):

Church Music ◽

Primary Source ◽

Cultural Tradition ◽

Cultural Experience ◽

Protestant Church ◽

Local Religion ◽

The Bible ◽

Christian Worship ◽

New Perspective ◽

Church music is an essential part of Christian worship. The primary source to create Church music is commonly from the Bible, Christian tradition, and believers' experience. Yet, in the church music of the Protestant Church in the Moluccas (GPM), there is harmony between some elements such as ethnicity, theology, and music. In ethnicity, there is some local cultural tradition derived from the old local religion, which Christianity contextualizes. Using a descriptive qualitative research method, the harmony of all elements, ethnicity, theology, and music result in a new perspective, namely ethno-theo-musicology, to analyze and understand the church music existence. This research found that the Protestant Church member in the Moluccas appreciates all church music substances, which led them not only to praise God but also to experience God in their cultural experience in Maluku. Abstrak Musik gereja merupakan salah satu unsur penting dalam peribadahan Kristen. Musik gereja umumnya diciptakan bersumber dari kesaksian Alkitab, tradisi atau ajaran gereja tertentu, dan pengalaman iman orang percaya. Namun, dalam nyanyian Gereja Protestan Maluku (GPM), musik gereja bersumber dari harmonisasi unsur budaya lokal, teologi, dan musik. Dalam unsur budaya lokal juga ditemukan proses kontekstualisasi narasi-narasi mistik dari kepercayaan asli masyarakat sebelum menjadi Kristen. Dengan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif, artikel ini menjelaskan adanya perpaduan unsur etnisitas, teologis, dan musik yang kemudian menghasilkan suatu pendekatan etnoteomusikologis dalam mengartikan suatu nyanyian gereja. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa Warga Gereja Protestan Maluku sebagai pemilik dari Nyanyian GPM, sangat mengapresiasi pendekatan etnotheomusikologis sebab dirasakan bahwa musik gereja selain memuliakan Allah juga mengantarkan mereka mengalami kehadiran Allah di dalam pengalaman-pengalaman budaya yang mereka miliki

Anglican ‘Establishment’ Reactions to ‘POP’ Church Music in England, 1956–C.1990

Studies in Church History ◽

10.1017/s0424208400004125 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

pp. 429-441

Author(s):

Ian Jones ◽

Peter Webster

Keyword(s):

Church Of England ◽

Church Music ◽

Historical Study ◽

Anecdotal Evidence ◽

New Wave ◽

Body Movements ◽

Worship Music ◽

Hymn Singing ◽

Renewal Movement ◽

The use of popular styles of music in the Church has often proved contentious, and perhaps particularly so in the later twentieth century. Anecdotal evidence abounds of the debate provoked in churches by the introduction of new ‘happy-clappy’ pop-influenced styles, and the supposed wholesale discarding of a glorious heritage of hymnody. In addition, a great deal of literature has appeared elaborating on the inappropriateness of such music. Welcoming a historical study of hymnody in 1996, John Habgood lamented the displacement of traditional hymn singing by ‘trivial and repetitive choruses’. Lionel Dakers, retired Director of the Royal School of Church Music, also saw choruses and worship songs as ‘in many instances little more than trite phrases repeated ad nauseam, often with accompanying body movements’. This paper investigates the reactions of the musical and ecclesiastical establishments to the use of popular music in public worship in the Church of England from 1956 to c. 1990. The period began with a new wave of experimentation epitomized by Geoffrey Beaumont’s Folk Mass and the controversy surrounding it, and ended in the early 1990s, by which time the pop-influenced worship music of the renewal movement had become firmly established in some sections of the Church, with its own figure-heads and momentum.

’n Prakties-teologiese ondersoek na die kerklike jaar in die prediking van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v61i4.480 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

Author(s):

G. Bothma

Keyword(s):

Dutch Reformed ◽

Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk ◽

Christian Worship ◽

Practical Theological ◽

The Church ◽

Valuable Role

A practical-theological investigation into the role of the church year in the liturgy and preaching of the Dutch Reformed ChurchThe aim of this article is to discuss the valuable role the church year can play in liturgy and preaching and the service and activities of the church. The article demonstrates that the rediscovery of the church year is one of the most remarkable aspects of the twentiethcentury reform and renewal of Christian worship. Within a context of poverty and continuing change, the church year – if valued positively and if accentuated in the preaching – could lead to the celebration of God.

Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process Decision Analysis to Better Understand Adoption Intentions of Mobile Banking

Business and Economic Research ◽

10.5296/ber.v6i1.9621 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 431

Author(s):

Wen-Tsung Wu ◽

Chie-Bein Chen ◽

Chiao-Chen Chang

Keyword(s):

Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽

Decision Analysis ◽

Mobile Banking ◽

Analytic Hierarchy ◽

Research Findings ◽

The Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽

Banking Development ◽

Hierarchy Process ◽

Adoption Intention ◽

<p class="ber"><span lang="EN-GB">The purpose of this study was to examine the influencing factors of the adoption intention of mobile banking from a bank perspective. The survey data were conducted from a selection of mobile banking, and were analyzed by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) decision analysis to explore adoption intentions in the context of mobile banking. The results of the AHP decision analysis revealed that the “convenience” and the “personalization” were the most important factors for mobile banking from a bank’s perspective. Furthermore, the research findings illustrated theoretical and practical implications for mobile banking development and indicated how to reinforce the “location-based benefits” and the “transaction speed” in order to create customer adoption intentions via a bank perspective.</span></p>

Can benchmarking Australian hospitals for quality identify and improve high and low performers? Disseminating research findings for hospitals

International Journal for Quality in Health Care ◽

10.1093/intqhc/mzz109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 84-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Peter Hibbert ◽

Faisal Saeed ◽

Natalie Taylor ◽

Robyn Clay-Williams ◽

Teresa Winata ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Improvement ◽

Health Services Research ◽

Large Scale ◽

Logic Model ◽

Continuous Variables ◽

Services Research ◽

High Performer ◽

Research Findings ◽

Multiple Domains ◽

Abstract This paper examines the principles of benchmarking in healthcare and how benchmarking can contribute to practice improvement and improved health outcomes for patients. It uses the Deepening our Understanding of Quality in Australia (DUQuA) study published in this Supplement and DUQuA’s predecessor in Europe, the Deepening our Understanding of Quality improvement in Europe (DUQuE) study, as models. Benchmarking is where the performances of institutions or individuals are compared using agreed indicators or standards. The rationale for benchmarking is that institutions will respond positively to being identified as a low outlier or desire to be or stay as a high performer, or both, and patients will be empowered to make choices to seek care at institutions that are high performers. Benchmarking often begins with a conceptual framework that is based on a logic model. Such a framework can drive the selection of indicators to measure performance, rather than their selection being based on what is easy to measure. A Donabedian range of indicators can be chosen, including structure, process and outcomes, created around multiple domains or specialties. Indicators based on continuous variables allow organizations to understand where their performance is within a population, and their interdependencies and associations can be understood. Benchmarking should optimally target providers, in order to drive them towards improvement. The DUQuA and DUQuE studies both incorporated some of these principles into their design, thereby creating a model of how to incorporate robust benchmarking into large-scale health services research.

Fulfilling the Mission of the Church in Ghana in the 21st Century: Lessons from India in the 16th and 17th Centuries

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies ◽

10.38159/erats.2020081 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 243-252

Author(s):

Seth Asare-Danso

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Theological Education ◽

Cultural Transformation ◽

Historical Study ◽

Secondary Source ◽

Christian Churches ◽

The People ◽

Transformation Approach ◽

Research Findings ◽

This historical study examines the spread of Christianity in India in the 16th and 17th centuries, and lessons to be drawn by Christian churches in Ghana in the 21st century. Personal interview and content analysis of primary and secondary source documents were used for data collection. The grounded theory design was used to develop four theories, namely: “cultural rejection approach”, “cultural replacement approach”, “cultural sharing approach” and “cultural transformation approach” to mission. The research findings revealed that Christianity was introduced in India to liberate the people from ignorance. The Jesuit understood the motives of mission to be cross-cultural, international, co-operative and holistic in nature. It further revealed that the Jesuit used the “cultural transformation approach” to mission, which required the use of “radical identification”, “culture transfer”, “indigenization”, “inculturation” and “primal religion” as evangelistic methods to fulfil the mission mandate. The study recommended that churches in Ghana adapt the “cultural transformation approach” to mission to suit their cultural environments, so that the use of “radical identification” and “culture transfer” will reduce inequality, in fulfilment of UN SDG 10; while the use of “indigenization”, “inculturation” and “primal religion” will provide inclusive and equitable quality (theological) education, in fulfilment of UN SDG 4.

Prophets carrying texts by other authors in Byzantine painting: Mistakes or intentional substitutions?

Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta ◽

10.2298/zrvi0744229p ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 229-244 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ljubica Popovich

Keyword(s):

Old Testament ◽

Standard Practice ◽

Byzantine Art ◽

The Church ◽

Selection Of ◽

Minor Prophets

Since there are no two identical churches in Byzantine art, consequently there are no two identical iconographic programs. This observation also applies to the representation of prophets in the drums of the domes or in other locations in Byzantine churches. Research dealing with this group of Old Testament figures reveals many variations regarding the planned selection of prophets and choices of the texts that they carry inscribed on their scrolls. This study examines the instances when one of the authors of the prophetic books carries the text by another author. These occurrences are neither frequent nor accidental. Such deviations from standard practice that are explored in this article demonstrate the following: first of all exchanges of text can occur due to the mistake by the artist, as exemplified in the Palace Chapel in Palermo, or by the mistake of the person who inscribed the texts, as in the Chapel of Joachim and Anna in the Monastery Studenica. Secondly, in a number of monuments the text-bearer and the selection of the text by another prophet-author are not accidental. For example, if a number of quotations to be used are chosen from the book by the prophet Isaiah, and he is only represented once, because repetition of the same prophet within a group of Old Testament figures was not practiced, what is to be done? Therefore, other, usually minor, prophets, were selected to hold the scrolls inscribed with the text by other authors, for example Isaiah. Such cases are well documented in the churches of Panagia ton Chalkeon and the Holy Apostles in Thessalonike, and in the church of the Resurrection in Verroia, where the selection of prophets? quotations, usually inspired by the liturgical tradition, furthermore serves to underscore a certain idea of a theological or iconographic nature.

Depictions of holy monks in the western bay of the Church of the Virgin in Studenica

Zograf ◽

10.2298/zog1539065z ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 65-90

Author(s):

Milos Zivkovic

Keyword(s):

The West ◽

Scholarly Literature ◽

Research Results ◽

The study is dedicated to the figures of holy monks in the west bay of the Church of the Virgin in Studenica, painted during the restoration of the original murals in 1568. The paper seeks to establish the identity of some saints who were previously incorrectly identified, as well as the identity of those who were unobserved in previous studies. It also discusses to what extent the choice of holy monks to be depicted was determined by the original iconographic program. The research results confirm the hypothesis that has for long been present in scholarly literature; according to it, during the restoration of frescoes in the Studenica katholikon, the painters largely repeated the original painted program. Nevertheless, judging by the example of the holy monks depicted in west bay, it may be concluded that in some cases they departed from the original iconographic program. In selecting new saints to be depicted they must have relied on the Menologion.

An exploratory analysis of factors driving intermodal transportation usage

Journal of Transportation Management ◽

10.22237/jotm/891389100 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 34-44

Author(s):

Philip T Evers ◽

Carol J Emerson

Keyword(s):

Choice Model ◽

Exploratory Analysis ◽

Intermodal Transportation ◽

The Road ◽

Research Findings ◽

The Impact ◽

The purpose of this study is to investigate certain aspects of a transportation choice model proposed by Krapfel and Mentzer (1982) pertaining to the influence of shipper perceptions on the selection of a mode. Specifically, this study attempts to identify the impact that shipper perceptions of intermodal and over-the-road truck service, as well as other characteristics of the shipper, have on intermodal usage. The research findings support the notion that shipper perceptions affect modal usage and indicate areas in which intermodal providers should focus their attention to improve intermodal usage.